I've never been a huge football fan...

afterthefact · 10.09.2008, 07:44 AM

I grew up in Lexington, KY and it's all about college basketball there. When I moved here to Cincinnati of course everybody is all about the Bengals. Since I have a natural tendancy to balance something's popularity with the masses with equal amounts of my own resistance, I resisted getting into pro-football.

But when the Bengals are 0-5, how can your heart not go out?!?

This may be the thing that gets me into football

gualbert · 10.09.2008, 08:22 AM

I'm not into football that is not soccer.

Rob Instigator · 10.09.2008, 09:26 AM

My team is 0-4. The lowly Texans. next time I go to a game I am wearing a bag on my head.

afterthefact · 10.09.2008, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by gualbert

I'm not into football that is not soccer.

Typical hipster

Rob, 0-4 is bad, but 0-5 is horrible. Too bad we didn't have a bye so we could claim 0-4, haha

Rob Instigator · 10.09.2008, 10:20 AM

we did not have bye either! we had a hurricane come through and postpone the texans/Ravens game until November, when the Texans were supposed to take a bye. so now the Texans have NO bye week.

atari 2600 · 10.09.2008, 10:37 AM

The Cavs trounced the Terps last week. And MD had been favored by two touchdowns. I was able to get a couple of free tickets and it was a night game, so I went.

In the NFL, the Chargers are experiencing some less than pleasant results after being predicted by many to win it all this season.

And in MLB, the Mets didn't even make it to a wild card despite being loaded with talent, and for a time, so far ahead of the rest.

I really thought that the Bengals were going to be pretty good last year, afterthefact. They seem to be going downhill now though. Palmer is hurt or playing injured a lot. He doesn't look like he used to in games. The defense is playing, for the most part, a smidgen better, but it's just not enough. I imagine that Ocho Cinco sure wishes he had jumped ship during the last offseason.

!@#$%! · 10.09.2008, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

The Cavs trounced the Terps last week.

the twerps!

sweet jeebus i hate that team.

i went to school in maryland and it was all about the sports while the libraries got fucked.

fuckem.

afterthefact · 10.09.2008, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

we did not have bye either! we had a hurricane come through and postpone the texans/Ravens game until November, when the Texans were supposed to take a bye. so now the Texans have NO bye week.

Ah, my bad. I don't really follow them so I was just going by what I read.

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

I really thought that the Bengals were going to be pretty good last year, afterthefact. They seem to be going downhill now though. Palmer is hurt or playing injured a lot. He doesn't look like he used to in games. The defense is playing, for the most part, a smidgen better, but it's just not enough. I imagine that Ocho Cinco sure wishes he had jumped ship during the last offseason.

I'm sure the Bengals begged him to stay. They need as many good players as they can get; somebody getting all egotistic and pissy isn't a good enough reason for them to let him get away.

But the 0-5 aside, they have their good moments this year. They just need to tighten up a little. I seriously belive that if Perry hadn't fumbled that ball on Sunday, they really could have had the Cowboys.

DeadDiscoDildo · 10.09.2008, 12:27 PM

I don't like any sports except the ones where I can watch the big boys beat the fuck out of eachother like Boxing and UFC...there's something sweet and just about it all...

and DUDE wtf? you live in cinci? Were you at the C Spencer/Times New Viking show at the Gypsy Hut?!

and/or come see my band!

afterthefact · 10.09.2008, 12:31 PM

No I wasn't, but what is your band called?

And UFC is no longer watching big guys beat each other. Now it's about watching little nobodies beat the crap out of the big guys

haha

DeadDiscoDildo · 10.09.2008, 12:35 PM

The Harlequins

we just played midpoint, we're playing a free show monday at the northside tavern and wednesday we're playing a show at the southgate house parlour opening for Gringo Star!

& watching the little guys beat the shit out of the big guys is fun too!

Too be honest I would rather get a time machine and have muhhamid ali lose a few pounds and I'd like to see him versus sugar ray leonard!

I could watch them fight for the rest of my life!

atari 2600 · 10.09.2008, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

the twerps!

sweet jeebus i hate that team.

i went to school in maryland and it was all about the sports while the libraries got fucked.

fuckem.

We beat 'em 31 to zip. I'm sure jenn wasn't expecting that. Nobody expected it haha.

atari 2600 · 10.09.2008, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by afterthefact

...
I'm sure the Bengals begged him to stay. They need as many good players as they can get; somebody getting all egotistic and pissy isn't a good enough reason for them to let him get away.
...

Chad is still a Bengal...for now.

afterthefact · 10.09.2008, 01:13 PM

That's what I was saying. He was wanting to go but in the end he didn't.

Rob Instigator · 10.09.2008, 01:44 PM

Hagler/Hearns "THE WAR" round one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHqEUX2Vw6k

maybe the single greatest most intense round of boxing in the televised era.
beats the shit out of UFC IMHO. too bad boxing is dead now. I wish i was there to see this goddamn BRAWL

DeadDiscoDildo · 10.09.2008, 07:50 PM

I agree Rob.

UFC is like an ak47, or a better comparison would be a blaster pistol...powerful sure...

but what happened to all the civilized lightsaber combat, there was a code once (boxing)

/geek rant

EMMAh · 10.09.2008, 07:53 PM

Sports are boringgggg.

jon boy · 10.09.2008, 07:56 PM

lets face it leeds utd are the best team ever.

jennthebenn · 10.09.2008, 07:56 PM

Actually, no. If we are to understand a sport as any activity that involves
balls and causes the participant to sweat, then sex is a sport. And, if
performed correctly, sex is far from boring.

!@#$%! · 10.09.2008, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

We beat 'em 31 to zip. I'm sure jenn wasn't expecting that. Nobody expected it haha.

i dont know who is "we", but, ok.

i hope the twerps become 2nd rated and the money the fucking alumni raise to feed those fucking meatheads and their millionaire coaches goes to research and faculty pay instead.

same goes for basketball-- i've enjoyed the basketball, but fuck, that school needs so many things but basketball takes priority over EVERYTHING. even the fucking class schedule.

SO WRONG.

10.09.2008, 07:44 AM	#1
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	I grew up in Lexington, KY and it's all about college basketball there. When I moved here to Cincinnati of course everybody is all about the Bengals. Since I have a natural tendancy to balance something's popularity with the masses with equal amounts of my own resistance, I resisted getting into pro-football. But when the Bengals are 0-5, how can your heart not go out?!? This may be the thing that gets me into football __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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gualbert the end of the ugly Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,088	I'm not into football that is not soccer.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	My team is 0-4. The lowly Texans. next time I go to a game I am wearing a bag on my head. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	we did not have bye either! we had a hurricane come through and postpone the texans/Ravens game until November, when the Texans were supposed to take a bye. so now the Texans have NO bye week. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	The Cavs trounced the Terps last week. And MD had been favored by two touchdowns. I was able to get a couple of free tickets and it was a night game, so I went. In the NFL, the Chargers are experiencing some less than pleasant results after being predicted by many to win it all this season. And in MLB, the Mets didn't even make it to a wild card despite being loaded with talent, and for a time, so far ahead of the rest. I really thought that the Bengals were going to be pretty good last year, afterthefact. They seem to be going downhill now though. Palmer is hurt or playing injured a lot. He doesn't look like he used to in games. The defense is playing, for the most part, a smidgen better, but it's just not enough. I imagine that Ocho Cinco sure wishes he had jumped ship during the last offseason.
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DeadDiscoDildo invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,805	I don't like any sports except the ones where I can watch the big boys beat the fuck out of eachother like Boxing and UFC...there's something sweet and just about it all... and DUDE wtf? you live in cinci? Were you at the C Spencer/Times New Viking show at the Gypsy Hut?! and/or come see my band!
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10.09.2008, 12:31 PM	#10
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	No I wasn't, but what is your band called? And UFC is no longer watching big guys beat each other. Now it's about watching little nobodies beat the crap out of the big guys haha __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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10.09.2008, 12:35 PM	#11
DeadDiscoDildo invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,805	The Harlequins we just played midpoint, we're playing a free show monday at the northside tavern and wednesday we're playing a show at the southgate house parlour opening for Gringo Star! & watching the little guys beat the shit out of the big guys is fun too! Too be honest I would rather get a time machine and have muhhamid ali lose a few pounds and I'd like to see him versus sugar ray leonard! I could watch them fight for the rest of my life!
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afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	That's what I was saying. He was wanting to go but in the end he didn't. __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	Hagler/Hearns "THE WAR" round one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHqEUX2Vw6k maybe the single greatest most intense round of boxing in the televised era. beats the shit out of UFC IMHO. too bad boxing is dead now. I wish i was there to see this goddamn BRAWL __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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DeadDiscoDildo invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,805	I agree Rob. UFC is like an ak47, or a better comparison would be a blaster pistol...powerful sure... but what happened to all the civilized lightsaber combat, there was a code once (boxing) /geek rant
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EMMAh invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,433	Sports are boringgggg. __________________
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jennthebenn expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,261	Actually, no. If we are to understand a sport as any activity that involves balls and causes the participant to sweat, then sex is a sport. And, if performed correctly, sex is far from boring. __________________ http://jennthebenn.tumblr.com/
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